Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper   The East Midlands Mayor has welcomed moves by the new Labour Government Prime Minister to give more control to mayors across England in the drive for economic growth, housing and job creation. Mayor Claire Ward, of the East Midlands Combined County Authority, was pleased to see

Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Desperate Buxton residents are growing increasingly concerned about a deteriorating footpath that has been closed for nearly 15 years and is in a state of limbo due to a private unrepaired and dangerous wall along the route. The Derbyshire’s Neglected Roads Facebook group highlighted one resident’s concerns

Report by North Derbyshire Radio’s David Bell Three goals in a 12 minute spell cost Dronfield Town dearly as they went down to Southwell City in their latest United Counties League Division One fixture. Town held high-flying Southwell for an hour but the brief meltdown saw them leave the Centenary Ground empty handed as an

Lee Bonis and Dilan Markanday scored the goals to give Chesterfield a 2-0 victory over York. The home side could have won by a greater margin, hitting the woodwork three times in the second half. After Bonis fired over for the hosts, York’s Jeff King struck the underside of the bar with a shot, the

Buxton earned their place in the next round of the FA Cup despite playing the entire of the second half with ten men. The Bucks began brightly, with Max Woltman driving down the left, beating his man and forcing Tommy Taylor to gather his early cross. Pressure continued to build when Sisa Tuntulwana latched onto

UP NEXT Buxton start their FA Cup journey with a home fixture against Ashton United on Saturday 19th September with a 3pm kickoff. Last Game The Bucks beat Chester 3-1 at The Silverlands to push them up to 7th in the league. https://x.com/buxton_fc/status/2098803165042778198?s=46&t=AnTZggfPOzewpACRe7Y0sw Goals from Tuntulwana x2 and Moses secured the victory. Sisa Tuntulwana earned

Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Eddic Bisknell A new Government-mandated MOT of Derbyshire’s roads has been published, showing a declining proportion of well maintained routes around the county. Derbyshire County Council’s newly-published highways maintenance transparency report – which has to be published each year as ordered by central Government – shows the current state

Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Jon Cooper Derbyshire High Peak campaigners opposed to the controversial Peak Cluster carbon capture scheme are urging people to join sections of a ‘solidarity’ relay walk along the estimated 200km route of the proposed project’s underground pipeline. Peak Cluster, which is made up of cement and lime producers in

Report by Local Democracy Reporter – Eddie Bisknell Opposition to solar and wind farms, net zero and disbelief in man-made climate change have not prevented a Derbyshire council continuing to invest more than £1.9 billion in all those areas. In late August Councillor Alan Graves, Reform UK leader of Derbyshire County Council (DCC) said he

Six-year-old Georgie has taken part in Ashgate Hospice’s Superhero Night Walk every year and is getting ready to put on her cape once again – this time helping encourage other children across Chesterfield to join her. Georgie, from Brampton, will join hundreds of young superheroes at Queen’s Park on Saturday 17 October, walking between one and